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$2.00 A Year—In Advance; 50c Extra to U.S.A. LUblENow, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 20th, 1944 TWELVE PAGES
GRASS FIRE SET
HOUSE ABLAZE
When fire was discovered late
Thursday afternoon at the Vill-
age ,residente of Joseph John-
ston, it had kained considerable
headway and before being ex-
tinguished gutted the upper pot-
iion of the Main 'section of the
• house.. , ••'' • •
The outbreak was cau41, by
'a. grass fire which Mr. Johnston
had set early in the afternoon.
He had, however; taken the pre-
caution of pouring water around
the house to eliminate all danger,
so ,he thought.
It was some three hours later
While the oWner was having q413 -
per that neighbors rushed in to
inform him that smoke was pOnr-
ing .from the eaves : and roof.
The fire started at the sill of
the building and burning ishind
the siding of the house, worked
its way to the attic. Here it burn-
ed merrily.: before being discov-
ered: . .
To get at he blaze parts of the
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roof had to be chopped away and
by 'the' time the blaze was ex-
tinguished considerable fire .:and
water. damage Was, done.. •
Mr: Johnston, whose home was
not insured we understand, cOrri-
menced repairs the next day. ;)
Ahditing Municipal Books_
iive--ih`ii4i-aiairdtiiiiihidia4
books,- including the Village;
Public •Utilities, School,' Library-
• and Arena records; was 'made
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this pat week by the firm bf
" Brock, Davis and 'Dunn, charter-
ed accountants of London,
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Bought Ashfield Farm -
Mr. T. A. FerguSon -has sold
his farm in Ashfield to Andy
Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson
are residing in •Lucknow in the
late Angus MacKenzie residence
on Havelqck St. ••
tiv e nil e s Jackets Arrived
Lucknow juveniles, semi-fin-
alists for the Ontario Hockey
• Championship are being ;present-
ed with glove leather jackets
which arrived the .first of the
week. •
• .WITIRL AND . TIRE% STOLEN
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"RObert-Moffat Of the Supertest
Garage had the spare wheel arid
tire:stOlen from his'PlyrnOuth car
last Thursday night. The Joss Of
the wheel is Bob's' biggest ' con-,
• cern and he certainly -Would aj
• preciate having it returned.. If it
doesn't come back sometrduble
may result' for .theildgfebeCause.
the incidrit has been reported to
Provincial Constable McClevis.
TO HOLD ANNUAL
pANCE' NEXT WEER .•
" The Clansmen's annual spring
dance will be held in the Town
• Hall, Lncknow. on Wednesday Of.
• pext week, with music • by the
-popular Frankie Bank's 9-PieCe•
• orchestra. Proceeds of the dance
'will be used by The Club for
• , welfare Work. The admission is
gents $1.00 and ladies 50c. •
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• - B.ORN
• ACKERT—In Kincardine; Gener-
al Hospital to Friday, April 14th
:• to Mr...and Mrs. Raynard Ackert
of Holyrood, a' son. •.
HODOINS-4n- Kincardine Gen-
eral Hospital. on Friday, April
14th, to Mr, and Mrs. Perry Hod-
gins, Con. 10, Kinloss, a datigh-
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WEDDING RECEPTION
HELD ON THURSDAY
• Mr. and; Mrs: Ernest Button
(nee Marie Aitchison) were
giiests'of honor at a largely • at-:.
tended wedding reception 'on
Thursday night/ the,Town
The evening. Was spent in Ilan-
cing :an1 at the. lunch "hour 'the
brideAafi- groom were Presented
With:. a very
Money, as Well as receiving Jinnierous other lovely gifts. The pre-
sentation was'..macle by Cameron
MacDonald, who extended the
best wishes of the gathering.:
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GRASS FIRE 'THREATENED,
HARDWOOD BUSH
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A grass fire at the . Second
• Concession on Friday 'afternoon.
• gave a score of fire fighters a
• stiff argument in preventing .
from spreading to A. P. SteWart's
hardwood bush. ••
• Starting near the •railway
track, the flames spread in a
south-westerly direction towards
the bush,. and razed a hay stack
in their path in the centre ' of
• the. field • which was owned. by
Stuart, Robertson.
• p. Johnston discovered the
fire in its early -stages and 'came
to town for help to beat it out.
• TO. THOMAS F. WILSON
• who was killed' in action with
"the R.C.A.F. on Monday, April
10th, and laid to .rest in York-
shire, England, on Friday..
Awe ,
• ON NETWORK PROGRAM '
Mrs. 0. G. Anderson of •East
Wawanosh, president of the.ljn-
ited Farm Women of • Ontario;
Watson Porter, of London, edi-
tor-in-chief of The Farrner's Ad-
vocate, and R. J. Seett• of the 1.1n.:;,,
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itedianners' Co-operative Coin-.
pany were the three participants
inTuesdar's 'Of Things to Come'
broadcast over :the CBC's Trans-
Canada network. • ••
i Presentation Held •
Flor Mr. and Mrs. Swan
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Mr. and Mrs. George Swan of
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.Concession 12, West Wawanosh;
.were honored by friends and
neighbcirs on Friday evening at
I1n. Victory .LOan
Salesmen Nameil
The decks are all cleared m
Huron County to •launch the
'Sixth Victory Loan on Monday,
under the general chairmanship
of 'Rev. W. .4.,Beecreft of Wing -
ham. Othercommittee • officials
incind,e Hon. Chairman, Warden
Fred Watson; Vice chairman,
`Relsert Bowman; 13r: 'A. R. Camp-':
bell, 4mes Kinkead, Ross Scott;
'''C'.-Nrazt-e-af.iT7di
isiOnal, organizer, J. L. Graharti;
6rganizers, H. J. Vandewater, J.
A. Lumsden :and B. Marshall;
agricultural liason A.
Morgan. H. Sturdy, W. L. Whyte,
• J„, Huesten and. rUceMatI-
ison..
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Salesinan Nfitrd
.Salesrnen in Ashfield TownshiP
are Wilfred • McCarthy,' San
Alton • and' Donald Blue; in
West • NVawanosh, Thos. Webster:
and Durriin Phililps; in East
Wawanosh, J. Buchanan, John S.
Scott; Frank Thompson. Sam Al
ton • is substituting in Ashfield -
for •Lorne Johnston, who under-
went an operation. Mr. Alton's
territory is from Lucknow to Ni]e
and two blocks west. '
a gathering at the home of Mr. 4.
and,,Mrs. Jan* Lyons. • 'A
, Mr. and Mrs. Swan are mo:ving
to Lucknow from their farm
home in Wawanosh where they
In Ashfield the Loan Commit-
ee under the chairmanship of
lex F. MacDonald, includes John
Bennett,. Walter Alton, Gilbert
rayne, Marvin Durnin, Ernest
htie resided '.for twenty4. B
years1.-: '; • •
A pleasant 'evening Of cards
Was enjoyed and at the lunch
hour', 'Wm."Humphrey read
the following address • and
Messrs. Ernest Gaunt and James
Lyons presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Swan with a floor" lamp and el-
ectric iron. •
Mr. and Mrs. Gebrge Swan
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Swan:
Your friends and neighbors
have gathered here tonight t�
spend a• social evening with you,
before you leave the community
for your new home in Ludknow.
We regret losing you from our
midst, Wiere you have -been held
in the -highest esteeni, but we are
glad that we shall be able to
see you as your new home
is not far away.
We take this opportunity to
express our very best wishes and
ask you to accept this gift as a
remetribrande front: your #ierids.
in this community:, •
Signed, Jas. Lyons, Wrn. A.
Humphrey. .
litesidirikg At. Kinfail
Mr. and Mrs, Gordon McTav-
ish:have rr4we1 frOM swat to
• Kin:tail to reside. 'Gordon is pres-
• ently employed•at the "Big Mill"
lake and W. A. t
Culber' •'
Silvered Coppers , • "
• Reports are received' of. silvered.
.coppers in, circulation which re-
semble ten -cent ,,piece Whether.
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this is just an isolated 'instance
or .is being carried.• on, on a big'
scale we .tan't. say.
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Aid To Russia Campaign
To Close Next Week
• The local campaign for doria...
tions Of cash and clothing t the
Aid To Russia • Fund will clese
on Saturday ofnext week, April
20th.
Anyone who wishes to. assi:J
this. worthy / cause is asked to
leave his or .her donation at T.
W. Smith's Garage oat the fol-,
lowing district stores: Shiell's,
Amberley; FrJ MeLennan's,
Lochalsh; =Yet's, St. Helens;J
Brown's, Larigiide; e
Holyrood and 'McLean's, Kin-
Kinlough.
Besides many donations of
clothing the following cash; con-
tributions have been' received by o
Mr. "Smith:. yVin. Ifornell $5.00;
Miss F.. E. McLean 5.00; Mrs. J. I
Murray 5.00; J, R. McNab 10.00; 0
-Business Men's War Work COrn-
ATTENDED 'FUNERAL YOU:Nd.AIRMAN
.OF HER SISTER-IN-LAW
'KILLED OVERSEAS
• 'Mtg....Mathew' Sprbule of town
attended the funeral- on Thurs-
day Of. her . , Mrs.
Thomas .MacIntee, which was
held at the home of her son,' Mr.
James. MaeIntyte, Nile, with in.:.
ternient in.Dungannon CemeterY.
Mrs. Maclntyre passed :away'
in'-Goderich on Tuesday in her
•77th year, She was fOrmerlY
• Margaret Sproule, and of this
family a brother. Jim on the
homestead and her sister Mary
of Rudyard, Mich., are the sole
survivors, •' •
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Mr. Donald MacLean of Ash-
field, who suffered •a severe in-
jury to his right eye more than
three weeks ago, arrived home
from St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, on Monday. Donald is only
able to distinguish daylight from
dark with the injured optic, and
While smile irnproVerrient may yet
result, the sight has been •des-
troyed..At first it was feared that
the eye would have. to •be remov-
ed, but fortunately this was not
necessary. - •
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Gets Promotion
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Lloyd Stewart, son of Mr and
been apPOint€d assistant manag-
er of Lobiaw's groceteria in ,Kit-
chener. Lloyd has been employ -1'
ed by Loblaws in Stratford for
the past -21/2, years. He left on
Monday to take up his new d'ut- '
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i s kite he er
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NEW Sheeting, White & Factory
Cottons, Skirtings, & White Flan-
nelette, The Market • Store. The
Store with the. Stock:,
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• Another home- in this district ,
has received that most dreaded •
Of War -time .cables "we regret to
advise you". ,
It was pn Friday 'morning4••that
hY young wife at ‘,51.. Helens and ,
his family' at Whitechurch re-
-CeiVed simultaneous messages •
that FO. Tont Wilson had been• .
killed in action overseas: on Mon •
1 day, April 10th. This was follow-
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ed within a few hours with in •
formation that Tom was buried
that ' same day in England.
• FO. Thomas -Ferguson Wilson :•*"
was 26 yearof age. He was born
at Whitechurch,' • a son of Mrs. ..
JaMes.'''Wilson and the late Mr. •
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Wilson. He 'attended School at ,
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Whitechurch and Wingham
fore entering Stratford Normal
School where he Was valedictor-
• lair,of his class'. Tom first taught
schobl for a short time at 'Mur-
ray's. School, S.S, No. 9' Kinloss • ••
an& later accepted the 'principal-
ship of St4 J-Ielens Continuation
School where .he taught for two . .
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. Tom enlisted in the Royal Can-
a.dian Air Force early in 1941, •
and reported for duty at the •
close of the school term in June,
and received all his flying train-
ing at.' Quebec schools, receiving
lus.:wings .and his commission-iit• - -- -
pilot officer at Victoriayillei Que. . • .
After taking an instructors course ••
at Rivers, Man, TOM was posted
to Portage La Prairie as an: in-'
,structor and sUbsequently was
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promoted to flying officer. •
FO.. Wilson went overseas as
a navigator in July Of .1943 and
after taking a course in England •
cernmenCed operational flights
,oVer ;Germany with a Lancaster •
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crew ' early in ,January.
To Mrs. Wilson, • fo r merly
Laurine Miller, • Reg.N., of St. •
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Helens, and to his family, sin -
rest sympathy is extended in
Huron Warden Urges
Support In VictoryI:oan '
Huron County has an enviable
record in the response to tall nPt-
riotie. appeals, the sale of WA
Savings Certificates and Victor
Bonds.
Once again we are fac.ed with
a challenge • in the Sixth' Victory
Loan with'''a quota of 0,000,000
and an additional .quota for ihe
Air Training Schools.
This war has and will COst .the
lives of ,many • loyal and brave
Canadian men and women. It is
up to us to do everything we can•
to keep the cost in lives to a .min-
imum. We can do this. 11.,will re-
quire more - hard 'work, some D
hardships, and some sacrifice:
But, the length of this war will
he influenced in. :a very impor-
tant way by the support we gi.,!e
our Armed Forces. The stronger
our support the shorter, will be
the war. . ' ' 1
The money we put into Victory
Bonds are fighting ,dollars for
our country tectay, and are Spen
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ding:dollars for us When the war
is over. The support we give to
Victory Loans 'keeps Canada
fighting for peaCe and freedom,
.and assures us of • a precious
backing of saved money, for use.
when we .can again devote ,our
nergies to)he Ways of peace! .
By • each and everyone .of us
etting behind: the :Sixth Victory
1,.,oan. I am sure that Huron
County will not only reach ifs
bjective but exceed it, and as
Warden of this County 1 earnest-
-solicit your support and co-
psration to ."Put,Victory First"_.
Signed, Fred Watson '• m
;their grieiions:! loss.. Tom and
Laurine were Jnarried on CI-dist-
inr
as Eve 1942 at the home of he' °
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W:' A.
r Miller. They resided at I Portage
y and at Halifax for a short time
• prior to: his departu're for over-
seas. •.
Besides his sorrowing widow, ,
infant „son Terry 'survives;
also his mother, .Mrs. Wilson of
Wingharn, brother James of •
Whitechurch and. two siSterS,
Merle, Reg.N.', Wingharn ' and
Agnes. Reg.N., of Toronto.•
• flirted At tHariogate
The message received from the
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:C.A.F. Casualty Officer read:
eeply regret to advise you that
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your husband FO. Thomas Fer-
guson •Wilson was killed on* act- . •
ive service overseas on April
10th. Please accept profound sym-
pathy. Letter followS:-
A second message brought the
information that Tom was being
,buried at 11.30 o'clock on Friday,
April 14th at Harrogate Stone -
fail Cemetery; VOrkihire,; Eng-
At that- same hour Rev. J, A.
Ward of St. Helens United
phurcfi held a brief service at
the 'Miller home.'
By all who knew him Tom Wil- - _
son was regarded ,as the highest -
type- yOting manhood and
words are futile to describe the
loss his loved ones and friends
have sustained: '•
Part -Time salesman-
intKinloss Township, Mr. kliys
pellock of Whitechurch has been
appointed as. a _part-thrier-sales-2,
an. the Sixth Victory Loan, '
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